Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.
It takes more to make one sage today than it did to make the seven of Greece. And you need more resources to deal with a single person these days than with an entire nation in times past.
Yes and no are soon said, but give much to think over.
Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.